Conduit fastener



April'23, 1929. I F c FELIX 1,710,157

CONDUIT 'FASTENE Filed Aug.12.' 1922 Patented Apr. 23, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK C. FELIX, OF AMBRIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL METAL I /[OLDING COlMI-AN'Y, SYLVANIA.

OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENN- CONDUIT FASTENER.

Application filed August 12, 1322.

It is the object of! the invention to provide a :lastener :ior conduits, armored cables, eto. at low cost and whieh may be easily and quickly applied.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the fastener, and Fugue 2 is an elevation of it in use.

Hereto'lt'ore it has been customary to secure conduits, armored cables, ete, to the walls of buildings by means of ordinary pil e straps engaging the conduit and srrewei'l to the wall.

As illustrated herein, the present invention consists in a conduit fastener 01: hanger e01nprisin g two members, a rigid member adapted to be wlmlly enclosed and fixed within a wall and a flexible member or members loosely joined to the rigid member and adapted to be caused to engage and support l e eo'mluit or cable in contact with or close to the surface 0t the wall. The second eond1.1it-supporting member is shown in the term of a wire 1, bent upon itself, the two legs of which projeet through. holes 2 in the rigid .mei'nber 2-5, so that the two members are ms-vabie or tiltable freely with respect to each other. This term of the invention. is particularly adapted to use for seeming the conduit or cable to a hollow wall, such as a hollow tile. For that purpose an incision or oriliee l is out in the hollow wall; then the rigid member is inserted througl'l the opening and caused to engage the inner face of Serial No. 581,434.

the wall. Then in order to secure the conduit or cable the opposite logs of the wire are twisted together around it as shown in Fig- It will be noted that one of the legs of the wire 1 is bent inwardly at the top, tile purpose being that the two pieces makine' up the fastener shall be joined together, so that they will not shake apart in handling or shipment, thus constituting them in combinationa definite article 0.1: nuinul'acturo. Also when the rigid, member 3 is oi. channeled form as shown in Figure 1, the two legs of the wire 1 may beturned into the channel, thus permitting;- ready insertion of the bar 3 through the hole 4 in the wall and causing it to take the position shown in I igure 2.

I claim as my invention:

A conduit fastener comprising a rigid elnmneled member adapted to be passed through and, to il -shaped. wire having its opposite legs projected through opening; in said rigid mem her and adapted to be bent around and sup port a conduit one oi said being bent inwardly adjacent to its support whereby said wire member may be folded into the channel of said rigid member and be prevented from separation therefrom.

in testnuony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

FRANK C. FELIX. 

